Developer Success Engineer

27 Minutes ago • 3 Years + • $110,000 PA - $150,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

The Developer Success Engineer will be the frontline technical expert for our developer community. You will help users deploy and scale Temporal in cloud-native environments. You will also troubleshoot complex infrastructure issues, optimize performance, and develop automation solutions. This role involves working with cloud-native infrastructure like AWS, GCP, and Kubernetes, debugging infrastructure issues, optimizing cloud performance, enhancing reliability, and improving observability using tools like Grafana and Prometheus. The engineer will also communicate with developers and engineering teams to provide solutions that enhance scalability, performance, and reliability. This role requires a strong problem-solving aptitude and the ability to independently drive technical solutions.
Must have:
  • 3+ years of experience in technical/developer support.
  • Experience with Python, Golang, or TypeScript.
  • Strong communication skills.
  • Ability to work according to established best practices.
  • Passion for the success of our community and customers.
Good to have:
  • Previous experience in customer-facing positions.
  • Experience with security certificate management.
  • Ability to translate use cases into Temporal design decisions.

Job Details

Who We Are
 
Temporal is an open source programming model that can simplify code, make applications more reliable, and help developers focus on the important things like delivering features faster. Our amazing user community provides us with real-time feedback and contributions to improve the developer experience everywhere.
 
Backed by top VC firms, we have built a team of professionals from various successful start-ups and well-known technology companies. Together, we collaborate cross-functionally, engage with and support our users to improve the developer experience, deliver world-class open-source software, and enhance our commercial SaaS platform.
 
Temporal is growing and working towards building the best community. We are looking for those who share our values, challenge 'standard' thinking, and want to influence our future. If you have a passion for helping developer communities, open-source software, and want to be a part of our amazing team, we'd love to hear from you!

Summary

The Developer Success Engineer will be the frontline technical expert for our developer community. You will help users deploy and scale Temporal in cloud-native environments. You will also troubleshoot complex infrastructure issues, optimize performance, and develop automation solutions. This role is ideal for someone who thrives on solving distributed systems challenges and improving the developer experience.
 
What You'll Do
  • Be a keen learner:
    • At Temporal, you’ll work with cloud-native, highly scalable infrastructure spanning AWS, GCP, Kubernetes, and microservices. You’ll gain deep expertise in container orchestration, networking, and observability while learning from complex, real-world customer use cases.
    • Our stack includes Go, Python, and Java, providing continuous opportunities to hone your programming skills in infrastructure automation, resilience engineering, and performance tuning.
  • Be a passionate problem solver:
    • If you enjoy tackling scalability, reliability, and troubleshooting challenges in distributed systems, you’ll thrive in this role. As a Senior Developer Success Engineer: Infrastructure, you’ll work directly with developers to debug complex infrastructure issues, optimize cloud performance, and enhance reliability for Temporal users.
    • You'll develop observability solutions (Grafana, Prometheus), improve networking (load balancing, DNS, ingress/egress), and automate infrastructure operations (Terraform, IaC) to help customers run Temporal efficiently at scale.
    • Once ramped up, we expect you to independently drive technical solutions, whether debugging complex production issues or designing infrastructure best practices. Don't worry—we have seasoned engineers and mentors to support you along the way!
  • Be a great communicator:
    • As a Senior Developer Success Engineer: Infrastructure, you will engage directly with developers, engineering teams, and product teams to understand infrastructure challenges and provide solutions that enhance scalability, performance, and reliability.
    • Your insights will influence platform improvements, from enhancing observability tooling to developing self-service infrastructure solutions that simplify troubleshooting (e.g., building diagnostic tools similar to Twilio’s Network Test).
    • You’ll serve as a bridge between developers and infrastructure, ensuring that reliability, performance, and developer experience remain top priorities as Temporal scales.
What You'll Bring 
  • Located in the West with a strong preference for the San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Seattle areas.
  • 3+ years of experience in a technical/developer support role, preferably with experience/exposure writing/testing/troubleshooting applications in one of the following languages: Python, Golang, TypeScript.
  • Positive attitude and strong willingness to learn.
  • Strong communication skills.
  • Ability to work according to established best practices.
  • Passion for the success of our community and customers.
 
Nice to Have
  • Previous experience in customer-facing positions such as a professional services consultant, solutions architect, customer engineer, etc.
  • Experience with security certificate management and implementation
  • Ability to understand use cases and translate them into Temporal design decisions and architecture best practices
  • Technologies: EKS, GKE, Kubernetes, Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTracing, Terraform/Ansible/CDK

 

Compensation

  • The estimated pay range for this role is $110,000 to $150,000
  • Additionally, this role is eligible to participate in Temporal’s equity plan.

 

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